Got My Mojo Workin' (album)

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Got My Mojo Workin'
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Studio album by
Released1966
RecordedDecember 16–17, 1965
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre
Length38:03
Label Verve V6-8641 [2]
Producer Creed Taylor
Jimmy Smith chronology
Organ Grinder Swing
(1966)
Got My Mojo Workin'
(1966)
La Métamorphose des cloportes
(1966)
Singles from Got My Mojo Workin
  1. "Got My Mojo Working (Part I)"
    Released: March 1966

Got My Mojo Workin' is a 1966 album by Jimmy Smith arranged by Oliver Nelson. [3]

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Track listing

  1. "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (Robert Higginbotham) – 5:03
  2. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:23
  3. "1-2-3" (David White, John Medora, Len Barry) – 4:00
  4. "Mustard Greens" (Jimmy Smith) – 5:35
  5. "Got My Mojo Working" (Preston "Red" Foster) – 7:30
  6. "Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:45
  7. "C Jam Blues" (Duke Ellington) – 3:47
  8. "Hobson's Hop" (Smith) – 4:00

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1966)Peak
position
Total
weeks
U.S. Billboard 200 28 [4] 27

Single

YearSingleChartPosition
1966"Got My Mojo Working (Part I)" Billboard Hot 100 51 [5]

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References

  1. Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. p. 179. ISBN   0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.
  2. "Jimmy Smith – Got My Mojo Workin'". discogs.com. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Got My Mojo Workin' at AllMusic
  4. "Billboard 200 – Jimmy Smith" . Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  5. "Billboard Hot 100 – Jimmy Smith" . Retrieved December 21, 2017.